Morbidelli T125WR A1 dual-sport motorcycle patent images emerge

The lightweight dual-sport adventure segment could be about to become a new battleground for bike makers, as they look to cash in on the adventure bike boom for 125cc riders. 

Yamaha already put its flag in the ground, with the WR125R, and now it seems like the Chinese-owned brand Morbidelli is also looking to get its slice of the pie.

Like the Yamaha, the Morbidelli T125WR is built around a lightweight perimeter frame with a 125cc engine at its heart. The styling is unashemadly enduro-esqe, with high-level front and rear mudguards, long-travel suspension, and a long, flat, and narrow seat unit. 

It’s important to note that this new bike, which you can see in the patent images unearthed by CycleWorld, isn’t a more hardcore version of the existing Morbidelli T125. The T125 is arguably more of a ‘soft-roader’, which is probably happier commuting around and taking on (very) light green lanes and trails than properly gnarly off-road stuff.

The bodywork of the T125WR is more minimalist and aggressively shaped than its sibling, while the tyre choice for the new bike is much more off-road biased. And then we get to the engine, which, from looking at the images, seems to be a new unit and not one used elsewhere in the Morbidelli range.

Quite what the engine is, or what it started life as, remains to be seen, although given its capacity, it’s safe to assume a sub-15 bhp output is on the cards. 

One area where this bike could very well stand out from the crowd is the price. Morbidelli has been steadily making gains in the UK and Europe, mostly down to the bikes it builds boasting big spec and features at a bargain basement price tag. Nothing is confirmed for this model at the time of writing, including whether or not it will even make it here, but if it does, it could very well undercut Yamaha’s £4,501 WR125 in a heartbeat.

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